Hand-coloured engravings - Cuvier, Georges L.C., Baron [SALEROOM NOTICE: LACKS VOLUMES 11 AND 16]
£400
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
Description
The animal kingdom, with additional descriptions .. by Edward Griffith. London: G.B. Whittaker, 1827-34. 15 volumes including index, large 8vo, numerous engraved plates, some hand-coloured, green half morocco, uncut, worn, lacking volumes 11 and 16; with an additional uniform volume, also numbered '10' on spine (Pidgeon, Edward: The fossil remains of the animal kingdom, 1830), (16); sold not subject to return